Does Daylight Savings Time Matter in hunting

[Starlite]

So. I'd been trying to get this buck to come out during legal hours (not beyond 1/2 past sunset but he's smart. He'd always wait a time longer.

So in my frustration I had 1 last idea . DST. If I wait till Sunday that deer who's still on moon phase and regular time won't know I'll have bought myself enough daylight savings time to get that em.

well I sat in my blind all day, wanting, waiting, watching..nothing. Apparently DST doesn't matter. WAIT…who's this guy.

head shot 110gr Barnes TTSX @ 3335fps from my 270win. Enter RT exit LT deflection down and shattered the LT knee. As you can see on the SPYPOINT timestamp (1656hrs) I was 6 minutes from sunset.

Conclusion..DST works right?

 

[jpfrog]

No. Animals don't care what time it is and neither does the sun. Only thing that changes is what time you think it is when the sun is up vs. down.

Congrats on you deer though.

 

[DoneNOut]

You hunt in a jurisdiction that times out the hunt when it's still light out?

 

[FEENIX]

No!

 

[Zen Archery]

No. We two leggers invited time.

 

[Polaris_Doc]

I agree, animals have no concept of time.

 

[Longtine88]

 

[cohunt]

Deer don't have watches, but they do have calendars

 

[Starlite]

Thanks all for this fun survey. Was hoping for more yeses lol. I guess the internet is still to cruel for jokes lol.

 

[Quintus]

If you change your clock, but not your alarm it does. You will miss the first hour of hunt time.

 

[MOFlatlander]

Wildlife may not notice time change but I do. Day light saving time ends a few days before our rifle season. It effects the time I need get up, get ready, drive to my hunting area and be where I want to be 45 minutes before legal shooting time. Going to bed earlier doesn't work for me and I can't take naps so I lose sleep. I'll keep at it; although I wish day light saving time would become standard. Nice to have an hour or so in early season to hunt before dark.

 

[jrock]

It doesn't matter for hunting...if I am hunting right up to and after the change. If, not, I'm so tired I feel sick. Its easy to keep hunting after the change as I'm still on a sun rise and sun set sleep schedule vs. a 'fake' time.

 

[JimFromTN]

With the bill to get rid of it, shooting light won't be until 7:30 in the morning in rifle season. No need to set the alarm for oh 2 early. Thats awesome.

 

[Orange Dust]

Deer don't have watches, but they do have calendars

They sure do. Somehow they also always keep Lunar tables in their back pocket along with the calendar.